Research project
Contact
Projektleitung
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander PfriemProfessur für Chemie und Physik des Holzes sowie chemische Verfahrenstechnik
Allgemeiner Kontakt
Gerriet TreiStudienfachberatung des M. Sc. Ökologische Landwirtschaft und Ernährungssysteme
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Development of Wood-Based Poultry-House Components
09/2020 - 08/2024
Project volume:296.764 EURO
Competence field:Process engineering and technologies in the agricultural and food industry, Wood as a raw material
Cooperation:Practical partnership
Funding partner:State funding
The overall aim of the project is to improve the welfare of chickens and other poultry by specifically replacing petroleum-based materials (plastics) in poultry houses with bio-based or renewable resources. To this end, different types of wood, combinations of materials and modifications, new designs, environmentally friendly coatings, and alternative bio-based resources are being investigated in fixed and mobile poultry houses, using selected housing components as examples and considering various aspects. Selected housing components are being redesigned using renewable resources, and their effects on animal welfare under real-world conditions are being investigated in greater detail.
The focus of the sub-project at the Faculty of Wood Engineering is the development of wood-based poultry-house components to improve animal welfare in poultry housing, with particular emphasis on material analysis and development and on the design of wood-based housing components.
Project leader:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Pfriem
The perches in an experimental poultry house were made from different types of wood.
Separate test pens made from different materials were constructed to study the behaviour of the birds.
Funding partner
Federal funding
Partnerships
Practice partnerships
The project is being carried out in cooperation with:
Ucker-Ei GmbH, Gut Ravensmühle, Bauernhof Weggun GbR, Landgut Geelhaar and the Lenz family.
The project is supported by KLEINs-Hühnerstange.
Press review
| Wood in the henhouse – an idea with a future? | TV report by Bayerischer Rundfunk, media library, 21 October 2022 (available until 21 October 2027) |
